The Resource Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer
Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer
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The item Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the broad context of medieval culture. Covering the years c. 500 to 1500, with a chapter on antiquity, it invesigates the way magic relates to the many other cultural forms of the time, such as religion and science, literature and art. The book begins with a full discussion of the social history of magic and of the ways in which magical beliefs borrowed from a diversity of cultures. Thereafter, within a wider study of the growth and development of the phenomenon, the author shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of beliefs is reflected the fiction of medieval literature, and how the persecution of magic and witchcraft led to changes in the law. The chapter on necromancy is the most original, based largely on unpublished manuscripts and arguing for a new interpretation of the material. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach Professor Kieckhefer has taken magic from its cultural isolation and placed it firmly at the crossroads of medieval culture, as a focal point for our understanding of many other aspects of medieval history."--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 219 p.
- Note
- Originally published: 1989
- Contents
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- Introduction: magic as a crossroads
- The classical inheritance
- The twilight of paganism: magic in Norse and Irish culture
- The common tradition of medieval magic
- The romance of magic in courtly culture
- Arabic learning and the occult sciences
- Necromancy in the clerical underworld
- Prohibition, condemnation, and prosecution
- Isbn
- 9780521785761
- Label
- Magic in the Middle Ages
- Title
- Magic in the Middle Ages
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Kieckhefer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This textbook deals with magic, both natural and demonic, within the broad context of medieval culture. Covering the years c. 500 to 1500, with a chapter on antiquity, it invesigates the way magic relates to the many other cultural forms of the time, such as religion and science, literature and art. The book begins with a full discussion of the social history of magic and of the ways in which magical beliefs borrowed from a diversity of cultures. Thereafter, within a wider study of the growth and development of the phenomenon, the author shows how magic served as a point of contact between the popular and elite classes, how the reality of beliefs is reflected the fiction of medieval literature, and how the persecution of magic and witchcraft led to changes in the law. The chapter on necromancy is the most original, based largely on unpublished manuscripts and arguing for a new interpretation of the material. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach Professor Kieckhefer has taken magic from its cultural isolation and placed it firmly at the crossroads of medieval culture, as a focal point for our understanding of many other aspects of medieval history."--Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- BDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kieckhefer, Richard
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BF1593
- LC item number
- .K53 1989
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Canto
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Magic
- Label
- Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer
- Note
- Originally published: 1989
- Bibliography note
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- Includes index
- Bibliography
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: magic as a crossroads -- The classical inheritance -- The twilight of paganism: magic in Norse and Irish culture -- The common tradition of medieval magic -- The romance of magic in courtly culture -- Arabic learning and the occult sciences -- Necromancy in the clerical underworld -- Prohibition, condemnation, and prosecution
- Control code
- 990521785766
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 219 p.
- Isbn
- 9780521785761
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer
- Note
- Originally published: 1989
- Bibliography note
-
- Includes index
- Bibliography
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: magic as a crossroads -- The classical inheritance -- The twilight of paganism: magic in Norse and Irish culture -- The common tradition of medieval magic -- The romance of magic in courtly culture -- Arabic learning and the occult sciences -- Necromancy in the clerical underworld -- Prohibition, condemnation, and prosecution
- Control code
- 990521785766
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 219 p.
- Isbn
- 9780521785761
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill.
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